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18 de may. de 2024 · Edmund Beaufort, 2nd duke of Somerset, English nobleman and Lancastrian leader who wielded enormous power in the government of the weak king Henry VI. Somerset’s quarrel with Richard, duke of York, helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York.
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Hace 22 horas · The legitimate claim was that of Henry Tudor's wife, Elizabeth of York, as daughter to Edward IV, and descendant of the second son of Edward III, Lionel, Duke of Clarence, and also his fourth son, Edmund, Duke of York.
26 de may. de 2024 · His father, Edmund Tudor, was the half-brother of Henry VI, but died before Henry was born. When the Yorkists triumphed in 1471, Henry and his uncle Jasper Tudor fled to Brittany, where they lived in exile for 14 years.
27 de may. de 2024 · Margaret was the daughter and heir of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (a son of King Edward III). In 1455 she married Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond and half brother of King Henry VI (reigned 1422–61 and 1470–71).
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26 de may. de 2024 · Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, was described by contemporaries as a brave and chivalrous knight, but also as a man of great ambition and pride. He had distinguished himself in the latter stages of the Hundred Years‘ War, serving as Lieutenant-General in France from 1446 to 1450.
25 de may. de 2024 · Edmund Tudor (c. 1430 – 1456) was the son of Owen Tudor, a Welsh courtier who had secretly married Catherine of Valois, the widow of King Henry V of England. Margaret Beaufort was a descendant of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and a legitimized descendant of Edward III.
Hace 2 días · Margaret's heir at her death in 1439 was her son John Beaufort, duke of Somerset. He died in 1444 leaving an infant daughter Margaret, later wife of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond. As Lady Margaret, countess of Richmond and Derby and mother of Henry VII, she died in 1509.
